Yahwists, religious followers of Old Testament food and grooming requirements, have filed suit in Pulaski County Circuit Court against the Arkansas prison system, seeking to let inmates grow their hair and beards and eat kosher meals. Prison officials say beards and long hair would be a security risk. The plaintiffs are not inmates but are filing as taxpayers concerned for Yahwist inmates, said one of their lawyers, David O. Bowden. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, which includes Arkansas, told the state last year that it must serve kosher meals to an inmate or let him serve time in another state. Ariel Hart (NYT)